Tom Kennedy (Journalist)

Tom Kennedy "is the managing editor for multimedia at Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive, directing the photography and multimedia departments, and oversees the creation of visual content on the website. Tom’s previous appointments include director of photography at the National Geographic Society from 1987 to 1997, with a primary focus on National Geographic Magazine. The magazine received nominations for the best use of photography by a magazine from the American Society of Magazine Editors nine times during that period, and won the award five times. Tom also serves on the board of visitors for the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Journalism, the board of directors for the Eddie Adams Workshop and on the boards of advisors to several photojournalism programs including the University of Florida and the Brooks Institute. He has won many awards, including 2006 local and national EMMY awards and three consecutive Edward R. Murrow awards for video journalism. Kennedy received his Bachelor of Science in Journalism from the University of Florida."

• International Advisor, Knight Center for International Media